[urq] Door handles?

[Charles Baer]

$123??!? -- must have screwed up the decimal point formatting, that's 
almost 10x what I paid Pelican Parts per side and their price has 
dropped for the same brand (JL) since 3 years ago:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/euro/catalog/shopcart/W093/POR_W093_BDYext_pg1.htm#item0

They seemed about the same heft and otherwise identical to what came 
off.  Wayne's main customer base is us p(r)icky P-car dweebs so he tends 
to not sell junk.

The gaskets (JL again) I ordered were plasticky instead of the more 
rubbery texture that came off with the old handles, but those don't show 
up now as a choice.

- Charlie


Mark J. Besso wrote:
> The left side (813.837.205.C) is obsolete and no longer available.  The right side (813.837.206.C) shows stock, but list price is $123.00. 
>
> ~Mark
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 6, 2011, at 2:31 PM, "Louis-Alain Richard" <louis-alain.richard at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>> ETKA shows this:
>>
>> 813 837 205C for a black door handle, left side (or driver side for us in
>> America).
>> 813 837 206C for a black door handle, right/passenger side.
>>
>> There is only 1 Phillips screw (M6 x 12mm) at the back of the handle to
>> attach it to the door.
>> See here :
>> http://www.dhgate.com/vw-car-door-handle-lock-with-2keys-813837205c/r-ff8080
>> 812af1158d012af11852690c53.html 
>> or here http://www.hansautoparts.com/813837205CDoorHandle.htm 
>>
>> Dirt cheap indeed, but probably very cheaply made at that price...
>>
>>
>> These fits :
>>
>> 1977-1983 Type 43 (5000 first generation, the pre-aero model)
>> 1979-87 type 81 and 85 (4000, Coupe, urQuattro)
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Louis-Alain
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>
>>> Does anybody have a known good P/N or source for a driver's side door
>>> handle?  I ordered the part the AutoHausAZ pulls up as correct, and as I
>>> sort of suspected in the first place, it's the wrong one.  Either that, or
>>> my car is a weird one-off.
>>>
>>>       
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